2008 Cadillac BLS Wagon

Cadillac hopes to tap into Europe's passion for wagons.

We've been waiting since March to see the BLS wagon—Cadillac's first-ever wagon—for Europe. That's when the automaker confirmed a variant was coming for a European market that loves its wagons.

The Europe-only BLS, based on the Saab 9-3, is the smallest vehicle Cadillac makes. It sold about 3700 sedans last year, but the expectation is closer to 5000 this year.

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The wagon, to be shown at the Frankfurt auto show, will be available with the choice of a new 180-hp, 1.9-liter direct-injection common-rail turbo-diesel four or two turbocharged gasoline engines. They are a 175-hp, 2.0-liter Flexpower four-cylinder that runs on E85 bioethanol fuel, as well as a 255-hp, 2.8-liter V-6. Depending on the engine, the transmission is a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic.

Like the sedan, the wagon is being built at GM's Saab plant in Trollhättan, Sweden, in time for launch in the fourth quarter.

The all-new 2008 Cadillac CTS (which makes its European debut at Frankfurt) was designed to leave room for a smaller sedan below it for North American buyers—eventually. We are told the current-generation BLS will not come to the U.S. in any form; we must wait for the next gen.